Thoughts about Fraud Prevention, Payments, Machine Learning and more - by Ohad Samet
My name is Ohad, and I m a board member. It took some effort to admit this, given how much crap I ve given the idea of board members, especially external ones. I used to think that independent , non-investor board members were just window dressing, a fancy position used by well connected people to feel like they [ ]
I’ve been thinking about why I was so intrigued by the C-levels who decided to ban committees. It’s not that I’m a fan of committees; they often exist to avoid responsibility. They’re a way for people without the authority or courage to make a decision to feel like they’re still doing something, confusing activity with [ ]
If you ve spent any time watching high-level Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition, you ve likely come across Gustavo Batista. His passing system is a masterclass in control, weight distribution, and intelligent movement. For those looking to refine their guard passing, studying Batista’s approach can be a game-changer. This post will explore some key aspects of his passing strategy, [ ]
I’ve started getting Linkedin messages again, congratulating me on my work anniversary. I have a bunch of fake positions listed (I mean, being my brothers’ older brother is in fact real, just not really a position per se) so it’s sometimes hard to know what people are talking about; but no, this was about a [ ]
When the Nazis came, Bronislava and Herman’s lives would never be the same. They were, as we call it in well-laundered English today, “displaced”. They didn’t know each other back then, or maybe they did, but they had their own separate lives that the Nazis ended. Bronislava, or grandma Bronia as we called her, was [ ]
The most common refrain among older beginners practicing any hobby is I wish I had started earlier . I get it, but like any other time when people wish to be younger (read: I want to be who I am now in a younger body), it s misguided. Sure, I m out of time, in a sense. I m [ ]
Scorpion (stylized as /SCORPION> because hAckERs or whatever) was a bad TV series, a knockoff of Lie to Me which was a knockoff of House MD which You get it. Really. I wanted to like it so much and I couldn t make it past the first season. I have no explanation how they made it [ ]
I often describe the evolution of a company as an upwards spiral: you keep progressing and you re also on a continuous cycle of having to re-evaluate parts of the company for the next level. One of those evaluations is of executives and their ability to continue to lead the functions they are in charge of. [ ]
True story: in my 20s I thought teaching martial arts was going to be my career. I was always someone who needed to work hard to cover for lack of natural athletic talent, but by then I had been training for a few years and running most classes for my teacher. I had a small [ ]
I ve recently started helping a small team working on an early stage product. Before I got involved I heard troubling news: they had no product-market fit, a large deal had fallen through that was undermining core dynamics, and maybe it s best to just build [insert latest fintech fad] instead. Once I got involved I discovered [ ]